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Spelling Corrections
This is a discussion on Spelling Corrections within the Tech Support forums, part of the Administration category; Are you sick of the Spelling Nazi's constantly chastising you on your spelling? Then download ieSpell - A Spell Checker ...
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04-07-2008, 01:20 AM #1Moderator
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Spelling Corrections
Are you sick of the Spelling Nazi's constantly chastising you on your spelling? Then download ieSpell - A Spell Checker for Internet Explorer. It's free, safe and easy to use. Give it a try. You and the Spelling Nazi's will be glad you did.
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04-07-2008, 07:03 AM #2Registered User
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Also Google tool bar has a built in spell check as does Firefox but that one is not very good.
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04-07-2008, 07:50 AM #3Registered User
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I prefer to laugh at the people that correct peoples grammer on the interwebs.
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04-07-2008, 09:10 AM #4Consigliere
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I like to laugh at people that laugh at people that correct people.
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04-07-2008, 09:17 AM #5Appleseed Instructor
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I just sit and snicker at the idiots who don't know the difference between "there", "their" and "they're".
"When I see how few who talked so largely of death and honour are around me, and that those who are here are those whom it was least expected, I am lost in wonder and surprise. Your noisy Sons of Liberty are, I find, the very quietest in the field. An engagement or even the expectation of one gives a wonderful insight into character."
- Colonel Joseph Reed, aide to General George Washington, 1776
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04-07-2008, 09:18 AM #6Registered User
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I am using Firefox and it has some sort of spell check. I don't remember if I downloaded it after or if it came with the current version as I have a lot of add-ons. I would also like to thank TYPEO (kind of ironic?) for providing a link for everyone. I am one of the spelling Nazi's but only say something if its really bad and it doesn't make sense...yes it has happened more than a few times.
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04-07-2008, 09:27 AM #7Consigliere
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Also "then" and "than", "your" and "you're", "looser" (instead of loser), and my all time favorite - "rediculous".
Originally Posted by dwarven1
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That's rediculous, you should know better then that. Your a looser.I'm doing an NRA Basic Metallic Cartridge Reloading class on 5/18 in Ayer, MA. Sign up now!
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04-07-2008, 09:38 AM #8
I think my head just exploded. Originally Posted by EddieCoyle
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04-07-2008, 09:41 AM #9NES Member
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I have an add-on to firefox that works pretty well. It doesn't have a great dictionary, but all I really need is to catch the typo which it does well.
The hard part is remembering to look back for the red underline before clicking "send".
I don't know about many of you, but I've been using a keyboard for a lot more than a pen. I actually have trouble writing words at times that I'd have no issue on a keyboard. The word to me isn't a series of letters or pen strokes, but a series of keystrokes. It's weird, but I've read that a lot of people growing up with computers have similar issues with words they learn and use after elementary school if most of their writing is done on a computer.A clip is not a magazine, a mag is not a clip.
Neither is a grip a stock, and "stock" does not mean grip.
A bullet is not a cartridge, nor is the converse true.
Folks should be more careful when they use the words they do.
A revolver has a cylinder, but only one you see,
and cylinders have chambers, five or six most commonly.
I do not wish to nitpick, but improvement would be seen,
if we could bring ourselves to say exactly what we mean.
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04-07-2008, 09:49 AM #10Appleseed Instructor
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Oh, yeah... the other egregious error that really makes me grind my teeth is "would of". WTF does that mean??? It's a contraction for "would have", so it should be "would've", NOT "would of". How did these people graduate high school?
"When I see how few who talked so largely of death and honour are around me, and that those who are here are those whom it was least expected, I am lost in wonder and surprise. Your noisy Sons of Liberty are, I find, the very quietest in the field. An engagement or even the expectation of one gives a wonderful insight into character."
- Colonel Joseph Reed, aide to General George Washington, 1776
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